Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsAnomalous Diversity of Tropical Parasitoids: A General Phenomenon?Gerold Morrison, Michael Auerbach, and Earl D. McCoyGerold Morrison Search for more articles by this author , Michael Auerbach Search for more articles by this author , and Earl D. McCoy Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 114, Number 2Aug., 1979 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/283477 Views: 9Total views on this site Citations: 16Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1979 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:José R. L. Pinto, Odair A. Fernandes, Leon G. Higley, Robert K. D. Peterson Do patterns of insect mortality in temperate and tropical zones have broader implications for insect ecology and pest management?, PeerJ 10 (Apr 2022): e13340.https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13340Zelia L. Burington, Diego Javier Inclán‐Luna, Marc Pollet, John O. Stireman Latitudinal patterns in tachinid parasitoid diversity (Diptera: Tachinidae): a review of the evidence, Insect Conservation and Diversity 13, no.55 (Apr 2020): 419–431.https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12416Tapani Hopkins, Heikki Roininen, Simon van Noort, Gavin R. Broad, Kari Kaunisto, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi Extensive sampling and thorough taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals two new species and demonstrates the limitations of previous sampling efforts, ZooKeys 878 (Oct 2019): 33–71.https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.878.37845Tapani Hopkins, Heikki Roininen, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi Extensive sampling reveals the phenology and habitat use of Afrotropical parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae), Royal Society Open Science 6, no.88 (Aug 2019): 190913.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190913Isrrael C. Gómez, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi, Peter J. Mayhew, Marc Pollet, Carmen Rey del Castillo, Jose-Luis Nieves-Aldrey, Gavin R. Broad, Heikki Roininen, Hanna Tuomisto, Yves Basset, Seán Brady Variation in the species richness of parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae and Rhyssinae) across sites on different continents, Insect Conservation and Diversity 11, no.33 (Dec 2017): 305–316.https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12281 References, (Nov 2014): 547–632.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118907085.refsJulie K Stahlhut, José Fernández-Triana, Sarah J Adamowicz, Matthias Buck, Henri Goulet, Paul DN Hebert, John T Huber, Mark T Merilo, Cory S Sheffield, Thomas Woodcock, M Alex Smith DNA barcoding reveals diversity of Hymenoptera and the dominance of parasitoids in a sub-arctic environment, BMC Ecology 13, no.11 (Jan 2013): 2.https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-13-2 References, (Jul 2012): 191–213.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118381250.refsOwen R. Jones, Andy Purvis, Donald L. J. Quicke Latitudinal gradients in taxonomic overdescription rate affect macroecological inferences using species list data, Ecography 35, no.44 (May 2012): 333–340.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06956.xIlari E. Saaksjarvi, Samuli Haataja, Seppo Neuvonen, Ian D. Gauld, Reijo Jussila, Jukka Salo, Andres Marmol Burgos High local species richness of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae and Rhyssinae) from the lowland rainforests of Peruvian Amazonia, Ecological Entomology 29, no.66 (Dec 2004): 735–743.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00656.xBradford A. Hawkins, Howard V. Cornell, Michael E. Hochberg PREDATORS, PARASITOIDS, AND PATHOGENS AS MORTALITY AGENTS IN PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT POPULATIONS, Ecology 78, no.77 (Oct 1997): 2145–2152.https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2145:PPAPAM]2.0.CO;2Kevin J. Gaston The Magnitude of Global Insect Species Richness, Conservation Biology 5, no.33 (Sep 1991): 283–296.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1991.tb00140.xJOHN S. NOYES The diversity of Hymenoptera in the tropics with special reference to Parasitica in Sulawesi, Ecological Entomology 14, no.22 (May 1989): 197–207.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1989.tb00770.xIAN D. GAULD Latitudinal gradients in ichneumonid species-richness in Australia, Ecological Entomology 11, no.22 (May 1986): 155–161.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1986.tb00290.xHenk Wolda Diversity, diversity indices and tropical cockroaches, Oecologia 58, no.33 (Jun 1983): 290–298.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385226J. K. Waage, M. P. Hassell Parasitoids as biological control agents – a fundamental approach, Parasitology 84, no.44 (Apr 2009): 241–268.https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200005366X